Why did Kurt and Krist have so much trouble finding the right guy?
Kurt was kind of a drummer himself. When he would play guitar or write songs, if you ever looked at his jaw, he would be moving his jaw back and forth, like he was playing the drums with his teeth. He heard in his head what he wanted from a rhythm, and that’s a hard thing to articulate. I think one of the reasons they wanted me was that I sang backup vocals. I don’t remember them saying, “You’re in the band.” We just continued. Butch Vig talks about how he had to work around Kurt’s mood swings in the studio. As the new guy in the band, how did you deal with his changes? There would be times when we would really connect – smile and laugh and feel like a band. And there were times when you felt lost and questioned what you were doing there. There were times when I had to back off completely and think, “I’m just the drummer in this band.” And there were other times when we’d all share something really beautiful, like a show or recording or just a vocal harmony. That’s when you really felt
